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Address,
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W. G. CAPERS,
Upholsterer and Repairer.
Old Furniture put in good order, Picture Frames
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Corner Bop and Ninth Htreats.
MIMt
Christmas Hymn.
I said to my darling maiden,
44 Sleep eoftly and quickly sleep,
From the sky in a chariot golden
To-night will the Christ-Child leap.
With many a shining treasuro
Is the tiny coach supplied;
And to-morrow. when awaking,
Thou wilt !ii:i them by thy side."
And so fell aoleep my maiden,
And whispered when she awoke:
44 The little wheels of his wagon
I saw, and the ponies' yoke.
44 Among the bright stars were whirling
The little wheels round and round;
And a golden thread came twirling
And caught me up from the ground."
44No! no! the beautiful wagon
Will bring its treasures to thee;
Thou canst not thither, my maiden!
Thou stayest just here with me."
And then the dear child grew silent,
And whispered never a word;
But the golden thread she did spy lent
Wings and she flew as a bird."
8he was so airy a maiden,
And her heart so made to fly,
Enough was a fine thread golden
To draw her up to the sky.
I TTh tno far heavier laden. v
With sorrow and sin defiled:
Ds, too, doth a fine thread golden
Draw after the dear, loet child.
an occasional friend.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Burton, as
their wedding cards had announced the
young couple a year before, were seated
at the breakfast table, with an undeniable
expression of discomfort upon both
| faces. Oliver himself, a fine looking
' man of about twenty-four, looked out of
temper. Amy, his pretty blonde wife,
looked harassed and unhappy, but not
cross.
"I wish I could please you, Oily,"
she said, with a piteous droop ii> the
corners of her mouth. "I do try, and
if you would only give me an hour of
warning, perhaps?"
"An hour of warning," broke in Oliver,
in a petulant tone; "that's just
like a woman. How can I tell when I 1
am going to meet a friend I should like
to invite to dinner? Yesterday, for instance,
I met Ned Heyward quite unexpectedly
in the car, and he's only in
town a few days. Of course I asked
him to dinner, and found pork and
beans."
" But you like pork and beans."
" But yon should always provide
alan "Wn/1 /lofoofc fKom "
OUUivvuiuf^ vmut vu uvwuvu vuviui
" But if Mr. Heyward had not come, 1
the something else would have been
wasted, as we all like pork and beans."
44 I cannot understand why it is I al- t
ways find, some mortifying deficiency i
whenever I bring any one here to dine.
Last week John Hill found nothing but J
mutton chops and potatoes." s
"It was washing day. You 6ee-Oily,
we rer.lly cannot afford to have a com- '
pany dinner every day, and?" ?
" There, there ! always the eld story. ]
We seem to afford other tilings very t
well. I don't mind the cost. I never 1
stint you in housekeeping funds."
" No, Oily ; and if you really do not 1
mind the cost, I might?"
44 Manage it any way you like, but do 1
let me find a decent meal when I bring <
home an occasional friend. There kiss,
and be friends." ]
Amy was willing enough to put up
her pretty lips for a kiss, but after her
lord and master had left the house, she
carried a perplexed face for along time.
She did want her husband'B home to be
the most perfect spot on earth in hiB
own eyes, and faithfully tried to make
it so. But the little wife had been
b rought up in a family where a limited
income ruled all expenditure, and she
knew well that her husband's salary required
careful management to keep
tnem out of debt. Debt was her horror,
while Oliver thought but little of a bill
here and there,'having, as yet had none
large enough to be an annoyance.
Amy had proved herself a treasure in
housekeeping- neat, orderly, and economical?and
lipr husband was justly
nroud of his wife and his home. But
his reckless hospitality was a sore thorn ,
in Amy's side. She, was glad to see his
gentlemen friend;^ when she knew they i
were coming to. visit her, and took an innocent
pride,, jn spreading before them j
her choie'jst cooking nnd daintiest dish- i
es. Br,t she seldom knew they were
comi ng till Oliver put his head in her ]
ch amber door, or the kitchen, to tell her i
'i'om, Dick or Harry had come home 1
with him to dinner, and they were in a ,
hurry. And it did seem to poor Amy as t
if an evil fate possessed Oliver to select ;
the very worst days for such visitations.
The meal that on a busy day Oliver
would have eaten with a keen relish,
looked poor when he saw his fastidious :
friend who boarded at the hotel ,
partaking of it. And yet, as Amy said, ,
his salary did not warrant a company ]
dinner for every day.
Then there were washing days, when
something must be cooked that could
be quickly served ; ironing days, when, |
if they were alone, Oliver declared pork ,
nnd beans a dinner fit for a king ; there
were days when yesterday's big joint of ,
meat must be eaten cold, warmed up,
or wasted ; days when the range would
not bake well, and the dinner in pros- 1
pect had to be abandoned, and a hurried ,
meal prepared on the top of the fire ; in
short, days that all housekeepers know j
by experience ore the very last ones
when they want tp see strange faces at i
their tables. Yet, if Amy was all ready on
six days, and all in confusion on the j
seventh, it was surely on that very seventh
day that Oliver had a friend unex- ,
pectedly to dinner.
It was of no use to tell him in the j
morning ; the s'ght of an old comrade's j
faqe drove the warning completely out
of nis mind. r r*
So, on the morning whereof I have
nlrendv written. Amv went about her
daily cluties with u heavy heart and a
troubled face. But the poBtman left j
her a letter, after reading which she
suddenly cleared up wonderfully, and i
seemed immensely relieved. 3 ' " a* i
^"IH try it," ehe said. "Perhaps Oliver
will realize then what it ooeta,"
\ '
But no word of her mysterious resoution
passed her lips when her husband
came home, nor did he allude to
ler letter. There was no stranger at
ler table for three or four days, but she
waited patiently, knowing Oliver would
loon find a friend for her to make her
irst experiment in her new plan. She
vas very careful always about the appointments
of her table, trusting nothng.
to the servant, in that department,
10 she was not afried of any gueBt flndng
disorder or neglect there, but Olirer's
idea of guest dishes had been a
lore trouble to her.
"Amy," he called, about a week after
;he important conversation recorded,
1 Will Ferris has come home with me.
tfow don't tell me we have nothing fit
o set before him."
"Can you give me half an hour?"
imy Asked cheerfully.
" Yes?not more. We are going to
;he lodge together."
" I'll be ready."
Oliver beamed with satisfaction, as
le motioned his guest to a seat at the
iable. A small turkey, browned to perfection,
was the leading dish, various
regetables, a dainty selection of sauces
md pickles, and a most delightful pie
inished the repast.
" I knew Amy could do it if she
;ried," thought Cliver, " and now that
<5 ? " T nny in oomotf bHa will mftTl
)UC 11UUD X aui 1U caiuv?*| ??w
ige to give my friends a decent meal,
if they are not heralded twenty-four
lours in advance."
Not a week later, another friend was
nvited on the spur of the moment, arriving
when the dinner was actually
terved. But Amy asked for only a few
ninutes, and magically there was served
in exquisite repast, perfectlv cooked,
^gain and again Oliver came home with
i friend, ana a delightful certainty of a
jood dinner. Amy never complained
low of his hospitality, gave his friends
i smiling welcome, and Oliver found
lome more charming than ever.
Tvvo months passed, and the occasionil
friend came very often to dinner.
The slight restraint Oliver had felt was
juite removed by the new and delight"ul
change in Amy's management; and
pet the variety and quality of the comsany
dishes never failea. But Mrs.
Burton, consulting her account book,
mderstood that the time was rapidly
ipproaching when Oliver must underitand
how this magic machinery was
cept in order, must see where the myserious
delicaeies that appeared so
aromptly were procured.
So, one evening, when husband and
vife were enjoying a quiet tete-a-tete,
.he servant handed in an envelope directed
to Mr. Burton, saying:
" The boy will call in the morning."
"BoyleC' said Oliver, reading the
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jruueu aaveruHumeiiL iu we uuruci vi
;he envelope ; " why, it is the restaurant
keeper round the corner."
" Yen," Amy naid.
" But I never owed the man a cent,
ind here is a bill," cried Oliver, openng
the folded paper in the envelope.
" I think you will find it all right,"
\.my said very calmly, though a red
spot burned on each cheek as she spoke.
"All right!" said the amazed Oliver;
!l the man must be crazy. One turkey {
md dressing, five dollars. One lemon
pie, seventy-five cents; cranberry sauce,
iweet potatoes and parsnip fritters,
three dollars."
" That was the day Mr. Ferris dined
here," said Amy, without looking up.
"One pair of roast ducks, five dollars,"
read Oliver; currant jelly, one
lollar."
"That was the day Mr. Hill dined
here."
Oliver gave a long whistle.
"So that is the way you did it?"
" Yes, dear."
" Hum! quails, grouse, chickens." .
" You did not suppose I procured
\nd cooked such things at a minute's
uotiee, did you ?" Amy asked demurely.
" No?but?"
' " You didn't suppose they came down
the chimney ready cooked, like Santa
Clans' gifts, did you ?" she asked, still
looking intently at her sewing.
" Well, not exactly that?but?"
" You told me I was not to mind the
expense."
" Yes ; but? What is the expense ?"
fnrnino nvnr fllA naner. " Bv JoV6.
A.my, it is a hundred and twenty-five
dollars."
" Yes, that is right. I kept an account
of the items."
There was a long silence. Oliver was
trying to persuade himself that it was
impossible his habit of promiscuous
hospitality was really so expensive, but
the items stored him in the face, and a
very slight effort of memory recalled
nearly every dish. Jones had complimented
the lobster salad : Smith had
been enthusiastic over the mat/onnaine
of fowl; Heyward had pronounced this
pate equal to Delmonico's; aud Curtis
had protested ho never ate such pigeon
pie before.
"With a deep sigh, Oliver said:
"Since"it is all right, I suppose I
must pay it; but?was it quite fair,
A.my, to spring such a mine on mo ? I
did not realize the expense, it is true,
but this bill coming in so unexpectedly
will really hamper me terribly.
" No, it won't, Ollv. I only wanted
yon to understand how expensive and
troublesome it is to have unexpected
company. Only let me know, and I
will gladly prepare for your friends, at
only a small additional expense."
" But that won't pay this bill."
" No, but this will." And Amy laid
before her husband three crisp fifty'
dollar bills.
" Why, Amy! where did that come
from ?"
" Yon have heard me talk of Uncle
Charles, the chaplain in the navy, who
was away at the time we were married
?"
" But who came home a month or two
ago, you told me."
" Yes; but I did not tell you that in
the letter he wrote telling me he was at
father's, he sent me a oheck for two
hundred dollars to purchase a wedding
present."
" And you have spent more than half
in turkeys and geese for my friends 1"
" I don't regret it, Oily, for it has
given you pleasure to entertain them ;
but we cannot afford to keep it np. I
don't want to be unreasonable; but you
see now, do yon not, that the habit is
better broken ?"
" Yea, I do see it. You hare brought
it home to me now, Aray, and I will not
vex the dearest little wife in the world
again by adding unexpected company to
her household cares."
So Amy lost her grievance, for Oliver
gave her due notice from that time forward
when he meant to invite a guest.
True, it was a strong temptation, when
he met his friends, to run the risk and
take them home, but the vision of
Boyle's bill, and Amy's sacrifice of her
uncle's wedding present, rose beforehis
eyes, and he gave the invitation for another
day, or let it pass. For after all,
he found, when the appointed day
came, he cared very little for the expected
pleasure, and would have enjoyed
a quiet dinner and evening with
Amy quite as well as the company of an
occasional friend.?Ledger.
Xhc Minimum in Minnesota.
Exchanges note that Winstrand, the
Swedish ex-royal secretary, who lives
in Minnesota, has reached a height of
economy pf which Dio Lewis is ignorant.
Having read a statement that
Indian com contains more than four
times as much oily matter as wheat
flower, and that one pound of it, parch
ed and made into bread, is more than
equal to two pounds of fat meat, the
careful Swedajesolved to test its power.
Mixing corn-meal with water, he, with
his own devoted hands, made a cake one
inch thick and seven inches in diameter,
which he baked on the coals in the parlor
stove.. A cake ot this size proved to
bo more than sufficient for one meal.
Three times a day, for weeks, the experimenter
ate nothing else, didn't
wan't anything else, didn't lose weight,
and was perfectly well. He must have
a constitution before which even hardboiled
eggs might bow and miace-pie
blush. To rational people he presents
the argument that it takes one hour's
work, besides fencing, to produce half
a bushel of corn, which is more than
sufficient for ten days for one person ;
it needn't cost anybody more than five
dollars a year. "Rational people," he
declares, "will be more satisfied on that
than on the fare at the best hotels in
Europe or America." Moreover, he observed
that half an acre will produce
all the vegetables one person will need
for one vear, without nard labor ; that
when the weather is warm it is very
comfortable and healthy to go barefoot,
and a "very comfortable house," large
enough for one person, can be built in
Minnesota for twenty dollars, and almost
anybody can do it for himself.
Therefore nobody need be at a loss
for a den wherein to dwell, and fare
UJg UIO UIIC WV u t
portion of the bases produced by combustion.
The Man in the Moon.
Tho origin of the expression the
" Man in the Moon " is unknown, but
the name has from time immemorial
been applied to the dark lines and spots
upon the surface of the moon, which are
visible to the naked eye, and which,
when viewed through a good telescope,
are discovered to be the shadows ol
lunar mountains. It is one of the most
popular and most ancient superstitions
of the world that these lines and spot:
are the figure of a man leaning on a fori
on which he carries a bundle of thonu
or brushwood, for stealing which or
Sunday he was confined to the moon,
The account given of a man who was
stoned to death for gathering sticks or
Sunday, is supposed by some to be the
origin of this oelief. Dante suppose!
Cain to have been the offender who wat
placed eternally in the moon for punish
ment of his crime. Some of the olc
poets thought these spots and lines rep
resented the boy Endymion, " whos<
company the moon loved so well thai
she carried him constantly with her.'
Other ancients thought they represents
a fox.
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uiraru, rine i/jiuhj, rcuu., uuuu
to have a child which weighed but tlare
ounces at its birth, and eeven orraoe
when three weeks old. . All its orjfan
are said to be perfect.
The Shah of Persia.
HI* Bad Manner* and Big Diamond*-- f
How He Look*, Eat*, and Behave*. ]
In an interesting letter to the New J
.York Times, Dr. William H. Rossel
(the historian of Bull Run) gires some e
personal information about the Shah of <
Persia which will not tend to raise that t
potentate in the opinion of cultured society.
It seems that the distinguished s
Oriental monarch is net only proud, but 1
unpunctual, ill-mannered, and rather ,
immoral. As a matter of choice, he pre- I
fers to eat with his fingers, and cannot
be persuaded that anybody in the world j
is tne equal of His Sublime Highness. ,
Yet rumor has not been up to the mark ^
in describing the incredible richness of
his jewels. Mr. Russel says: "No
one wks prepared to see, mortalibus
oculia, a diamond nearly twice the size
of the Koh-i-noor, or " Mountain of '
Light," (now in the possession of the ?
Queen of England, once Runjeet Sing, 1
the Lion of Lahore's greatest glory), 1
stuck in front of a man's sword-belt, ?
and fire diamonds, each larger than that 1
jewel of jeWelsi en eohelon upon his
coat, from waist to shoulder. These 1
stones are scarcely cut, and do not show <
as they ought, but they are of surpass- f
ing purity. The Shah's sword-belt is <
a treasure-house in itself. The sheath 1
wifVi mViioa ompralfls. and t
ID ObUUUCU ntvu *uV.wj ,
diamonds, which shame their setting of ]
purest gold. The front of bis coat is i
garnished with rows of brilliants instead
of lace. The collar and sleeves |
are crusted with them, and his orders j
are of the most precious jewels. His ]
spurs flash like sunbeams. All this on \
the person of a man who has nothing <
noble in mien or face, although he is <
above the average height of the Indian ?
Mussulman noblesse. ' ,
As to the personal appearance of the
monarch, we are afraid that his picture (
has flattered him. For the keen-sighted )
journalist says: "He is not much at
his ease with European barbarians, and .
it is ludicrous to see him standing alone (
in a crowd with a clear space round him
and no one to talk to, for he balances (
first on one leg and then on another, j
' like a hen on a hot griddle,' and does
not know what to do with them or his
hands. When he turns his back and !
the spectator calmly surveys his ex- '
terior, freed from the distracting influ- 1
ences of his diamonds, the Shah doel !
not present an imposing appearance.
I admit that the backs of most people '
fail to impress one, but his Majesty's J
tailor has rendered his revera quite abnormally
ridiculous by making his frock
coat wiui a multitude of fine plaits like i
those of a Highlander's kilt or of a
lady of Queen Bess's time over the
hips, and so all round. His face is sel- i
dom animated, and there is something
incongruous in the position of his respectable
gold spectacles, a la Thiers,
on his aquiline nose, under a Persian
cap, and, over all these, diamonds."
His personal habits would not render
him an acceptable visitor in cultivated i
circles, whatever "shoddy" might think
of him. At least so the writer seems
to suggest in the following paragraph :
"In spite of his jewels and external
splendor, the Shah-in-Shah is, according
to European notions, a savage in
many respects?proud, wilful, sensual,
and arbitrary. If punctuality be ' the
politeness of princes,' as it is said to be,
' surpassing that of the best hotels at a
cost of five dollars a year.
Action of Tobacco,
I A highly important series of experiments
have been made by two German
physicians, Vogl and Eulenberg, with a
view accurately to determine the physiological
action of tobacco. Their researches
had reference first to the action
of those bases of tobacco which are
volatilized at a temperature lower than
one hundred and sixty degrees, and
then to those volatilizable between one
hundred and sixty and two hundred
and sixty degrees. It was found that
the action of all these bases was identical
with that of niootine, producing contraction
of the pupil, labored respiration,
convulsions, and death. When
taken into the stomach they produce
their effects more speedily than when
subcutaneously injected ; though even
in the latter case they are not so instantaneous
as nicotine. The lungs and airpassages
of animals experimented upon
were found, on post-mortem examination,
to be greatly congested.
Messrs. Vogl and Eulenberg attribute
to the pyridine and picoline bases, and
not to nicotine, the painful symptoms
of the novice in smoking, as also the
poisonous effects of tobacco-juice when
swallowed. The fact that stronger tobacco
can be used in the shape of cigars
than in the pipe, is explained by this,
that there are more of the volatile bases
in the smoke from the latter. Pyridine
is very volatile and stupefying, and
exists in pipe smoke abundantly, while
in cigar smoke but little of it is found,
though collidine is thero in considerable
quantity.
In the course of their experiments
the writers compared the action of these
bases with that of the bases of other
plants used for smoking, dandelion,
willow wood, and stramonium. None
of these, however, except willow wood
contract the pupil. From these result*
Messrs. Vogl and Eulenhurg conclude
that the different effects of opium smok-?
? ? o .1 iO'umiu'A iii the nro
the Shah would, in consequenoe 01 ms
uttd* indifference to engagements, be
one of the most ill-mannered men in
the world. He kept the parhde at Potsdam,
ordered by the Kaiser, waiting a
couple of hours. He kept the Queen
for half an hour at the railway station
waiting for him. He would not go to
breakfast when it was announced, at the
time of invitation, but walked about in
the garden, and then, seeing an arbor.
which pleased him, desired to have his
breakfast brought there. When he sat
at dinner yesterday he put his fingers
in his plate and ate with them, and if
he came on a piece of some dish which
he did not lilce, he took it out of his
mouth and threw it down?not on the
ground, but on the Queen's (Empress's)
dress."
As to the morality of the roval visitor
' from Ispahan, our readers will regret to
1 learn that " there has been some trouble
in teaching the Shah and his followers
1 that women are to be treated with respect,
even though they go about with
their faces uncovered, and one of the
most useful lessons they will carry back
1 from Europe is that which will teach
1 them to consider their wives their equals,
and not their slaves?if they learn it.
There is a great1 if,' for they do not at
! all approve of all they see here."
*j.On the whole, therefore, our people
1 have no great reason to regret the
' Shah's determination not to come to the
United States. Our manners and morals
will be the better for receiving no excuse
for their disregard through the example
of a monarch. A single wife,
knives and forks, aud business punctuality,
are institutions which wo are not
1 as yet prepared to part with.
1 Young Men and Marriage.
The Rev. Howard Crosby, D. D., in
> an article in the Association Monthly
> discussing the obligations and duties of
i young men, uses these words: "The
true girl has to be Bought for. She
' does not parade herself as show-goods.
1 She is not fashionable. Generally she
, is not rich. But, oh! what a heart she
I has when you find her?so large, and
t pure, and womanly! When you see it
you wonder if those showw things outj
side are really women. If you gain her
, love, your two thousand are a million.
, She'll not ask for a carriage, or a first*
, class house. She will wear simple
, dresses, and will turn them when it is
. necessary, with no vulgar magnificat to
I frowu upon her company. She'll keep
. everything neat and nice in your sky
> parlor, and give you such a welcome 1
t when you come home that you'll think
* your parlor higher than ever. She'll
I entertain true friends on a dollar, and
astonish you with a new thought of how
very little happiness depends on money!
s Shell make you love heme-if you'don't
e you're a brute?and teach you how to
s pity, while vou soorn, a poor foshiona
Die society that thinks itself rich, and
vainly tries to think itself happy."
JUNIUS U?V4wn
Fifty cents will buy a thirty-pound
lalmon in Portland, Oregon. In San
Francisco the same fish would be worth
ibont three dollars.
A Minnesota paper asserts that a kerotene
lamp, so set that the rays of (he
inn passed through it and came to a
ocus on ar window-curtain, set the curam
on fire.
A gentleman having a horse that ran
iway and broke his wife's neck, a neigh>or
sought to buy the animal as a means
>f divorce. "No, no," said his owner;
'I intend to marry again myself before
ong."
The aggregate membership of the
Tanner's Oranges is in the neighbor- ?
lood of two millions. If this organisaion
can be induced to vote a unit,
tome political calculations will oome to
laugfU.
Lovers of claret and Burgundy will
)e pleased to learn, on the authonty of
in eminent French chemist, that red
vines now-a-days are commonly colored
vith rosantline, which contains arsenic
snough to cause symptoms of poisoning
f it be taken in frequent doses.
Texas is a large and scarcely populated
State, but the people appear to be
loing their best to fill it up. There is
i man in Waco who is the father of fifty
jhildren, thirteen by his first wife, eighteen
by his second, ten by his third,
six by his fourth, aud three by his fifth
vife, who at last accounts was still liv
IUB.
The Waterbury (Ct.) American tells
;he story of o very scrupulous man who
recently left that city for the West.
Being indebted to a shop-mate in his
former home in the sum of eighteen
jents, he forwarded the amount the
)ther day in old-fashioned pennies, the
express prepaid, costing him fifty-one
jents.
Mrs. Addie Ballon, who is a regular
clergyman, writing "Rev." before her
name, was called all the way from Torre
Haute, Ind., to Cincinnati, Ohio, to
marry a couple, the bride having determined
never to be united by a man.
It is strange she did not extend hor
strong-minded ideas to the choice of a .
husband.
A New York Central Railroad conductor
seized n nobbily dressed young fellow
who had dropped an insulting note
in a lady's lap on his train, the other
day, dragged him from his seat, and led
him by the ear through the train to the
smoking car, where he bade him remain.
The passengers hugely enjoyed
the young reprobate's discomfiture.
There is an Irish woman of gigantic
strength in St. Paul. One morning she
lifted a barrel of sugar from the pound
into a cart. The next evening she presented
her husband with twins. Two
days after she did the washing for a
family of ten persons. Not so fortunate
was a Missouri girl. tthe washed ell
day, made a supper of twelve hardboiled
eggs, and then danced all night.
It is mentioned that her funeral procession
was nearly a mile long.
Mr. Gail Borden, of White Plains, N.
Y., the preparer of condensed milk,
has made some experiments for the purpose
of determining the correct weight
of crude milk. He took the milk, of
several cows, and mingling it together
and thoroughly cooling it, he carried it
directly to the U. 8. Sealer of Weights
and Measures, who measured and
weighed the milk by accurate Government
weiclits and measures. The result
was that a quart of milk bo measured
and weighed on delicate scales was
equal to 2 lbs. 2$ oz. The tests were
made with different samples of milk at
different times, but without materially
altering the weight.
Boys, Read This.
A gentleman advertised for a boy
assist him in his office, and nearly fifty
applicants presented themselves before
him. Out of the whole number ho selected
one and dismissed the rest. " I
should like to know," said a friend,
"on what ground you select that boy,
who had not a single recommendation."
"You are mistaken," said the gentleman,
" he has a great many. He wiped
his feet when he came in and closed the
door after him, showing that he was
careful; gave up his seat instantly to
that lame old man, showing that he was
kind and thoughtful; he took off his cap
when he came in, and answered my
questions promptly and respectfully,
showing he was polite and gentlemanly;
he picked up the book which I had purposely
laid upon the floor, and replaced
it on the table, while all the rest stepped
over it or shoved it one side ; and he
waited quietly for his turn, instead of
pushing ami crowding, showing that ne
was honest and orderly. When I talked
with him I noticed that his clothes were
curefully brushed, his hair in nice order
and his teeth as white as milk; and
wheD he %rote his name I noticed that
his linger nails were clean, instead of
being tipped with jet, like that handsome
little fellow in the blue jacket
Don't you call these things letters of
recommendation ? I do, and I would
give more for what I can tell about a
boy by using my eyes ten minutes, than
all the letters of recommendation that
he can bring me."
Doing Tenance,
The wastes of New Mexico are likely
to become as famous for penance and
self-torture as were the deserts of Egypt
in early Christian days. A recent traveler
in that region says that while at
Elizabethtowu, New Mexico, lastspring,
his attention was called to a gang of
forty men, who were carrying heavy
wooden crosses, and whipping them?
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selves, oornu weto ouif/j/vu w .......
lower undergarments, except a cloth
which covered their heads to prevent
recognition. They were walking slowly
along, and the blood was trickling from
their lacerated backs. One stont Mexican,
bearing a heavy cross npon his
galled shoulders, was being whipped by
two attendants. He staggerea along
until close to a church, when he fell to
the ground with the cross npon him. He
was then raised to his feet, and his arms
extended by lashing them to a stick
which crossed his shoulders. These
penanoes are repeated every Leht.
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